A heavy condensation of the original serial compresses the original thirteen episodes into an efficient 97 minute feature. Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth. Luckily, heroic young Flash Gordon is on hand to lead an investigative mission into outer space and onto the speedily approaching planet. There, he and his best girl, Dale, who is along for the ride, learn that Ming, the devious ruler of Mongo, has purposely put the planet on a collision course with Earth, and only Flash can stop him.
Buster Crabbe
as Flash Gordon (archive footage)
Jean Rogers
as Dale Arden (archive footage)
Frank Shannon
as Dr. Hans Zarkov (archive footage)
Charles Middleton
as Ming the Merciless (archive footage)
Priscilla Lawson
as Princess Aura (archive footage)
Richard Alexander
as Prince Barin (archive footage)
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
as King Vultan (archive footage)
James Pierce
as Prince Thun (archive footage)
Earl Askam
as Officer Torch (archive footage)
Richard Tucker
as Prof. Gordon (archive footage)
George Cleveland
as Prof. Henson (archive footage)
Lon Poff
as The High Priest (archive footage)
